Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1956 — Page 6

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Tourneys Hold Prep Spotlight' During Holiday INDIANAPOLIS (UP)-Holiday tournaments at a dizzy pace.wiU keep most of Indiana’s top high school basketball powers busy this week in at least two dozen maior sessions. Three of the 7 remaining major unbeatens sho ul d have little trouble extending their winning streaks—top-ranking South Bend Central at Lafayette, third-rated Muncie Central at Fort Wayne, and seventh-seeded Hartford City at Bluffton. Other top favorites included once - beaten Gary Roosevelt, ranked fourth in last Week’s United Press coaches poll, Jasper and Logansport. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer, No. 2 in the state; city foe Garfield. Aurora and Evansville Lincoln already were assured of carrying perfect records into the New Year. All 4 are idle. Gerstmeyer and Garfield compete in the Wabash Valley championship next month. Aurora made off with its tourney Saturday, routing Brownstown, 72-40. and Rising Sun, 92-77, to stretch its undefeated skein to 7. South Bend Central takes its 7game string against Seymour in the opening round at Lafayette Thursday. Once-beaten Mississinewa opposes the host Broncos. Muncie Central, which outlasted Elkhart in a Stirring defensive battle Saturday, 49-46. for its eighth in a row, tangles with North Central Conference rival Richmond at Fort Wayne Friday. Host South Side meets once-beaten Marion, ranked sixth last week. Hartford City, the winningest

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Thursday Yellow Jackets'in tourney at Elmhurst. „ Friday . -—■—- Yellow Jackets in tourney at Elmhurst. major team with a 10-game string, meets Auburn in Bluffton's twoday show, beginning Thursday. Bluffton-Kendallville complete the line-up. Pairings at East Chicago Wednesday are Gary Roosevelt vs Hammond Noll, and the host Senators vs Frankfort. Logansport was favored over Delphi, and the Monticello-Flora winner in another two-day show beginning Thursday. Saturday, Jasper clashes with Milan, then hopes to get a crack at undefeated Dale, which meets Padiin the first round. ■Dog fights were expected at Evansville, where four Pocket City teams clash Wednesday and Thursday. The pairings were Bosse vs Central and Memorial vs Reitz. The same goes for Thursday-Friday meets at Huntington, Elmhurst, South Bend. Whiting, Huntingburg,, and Petersburg; the Indianapolis meet Thursday and Saturday, with defending state champion Attucks and Tech's east-siders top favorites; Friday meets at Noblesville and Knox; Friday-Saturday sessions at Nappanee, Jeffersonville, Garrett, Elkhart, and Michigan City, and one-day weekend affairs at Anderson, Columbus and Kokomo.

Elkhart, beaten previously only at Mishawaka, led Muncie Central 25-19 at the intermission. They swapped the lead about a dozen times in the final half. Elkhart’s Ted Luckenbill, who hit 5 fielders in the first half, was held to only one plus 6 free tosses in the final 16 minutes, and that was the difference. Ted Sterrett, who fouled out, led Muncie with 16. Garfield, which may make it tough for Gerstmeyer in the Valley shoot, downed Crawfordsville in a free-wheeling, whistle-tooting affair, 83-75, for its sixth without a miss. Sixty fouls were called and 94 free tosses awarded. 1716 game became close only after Garfield's regulars were pulled out.

H. 3. Basketball Indianapolis Broad Ripple 73, Indianapolis Howe 67. Apderson 59, Indianapolis Shortridge 46. Evansville Memorial 52, Evansville Mater Dei 51. New Castle 76, Columbus 63. Muncie Burris 57, Richmond 43. Indianapolis Manual 57, Indianapolis Washington 56. Indianapolis Tech 66, Hammond 48. Plymouth 53, North Judson 42. Muncie Central 49, Elkhart 46. South Bend Washington 61, Auburn 5L r . Evansville Reitz 56, Evansville North 36. College Ratings NEW YORK (UP)—The United Press college basketball ratings (with first-place votes and wonlost records through Dec. 22 in parentheses): Team Points 1. Kansas (28) (6-0 ) 325 2. North Carolina (3) (8-0) 267 3. Kentucky (2) (6-2) 246 4. SMU (1) (7-1) 160 5. St. Louis (1) (6-1) 146 6. Illinois (5-1) 145 7. Louisville (5-2) 92 8. West Virginia (8-0) 81 9. Oklahoma A&M (7-1) 59 9. lowa State (6-0) 59 10. Kansas State (4-2) 41 Second 10—12, Duke, 39; 13 (tie), Vanderbilt and UCLA, 37 each; 15, Canisius, 28: 16, Utah, 23: 17, San Francisco, 17; 18, Tulane, 16; 19, Ohio State, 14; 20 (tie) California, lowa, Colorado, 7 each. Others — Nebraska, South Carolina, St. John’s (N.Y.) and Western Kentucky, 6 each; Oklahoma City, Cincinnati, Bradley, Indiana and Minnesota, 5 each; Wake Forest, Tennessee, Seton Hall, 4 each; Washington, Manhattan, Villanova, and Temple, 3 each; Syracuse, 2; Dayton, Brigham Young and Seattle, 1 each. rrada a Good Town — Decattu If you have something to sell or rooms tor rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings 'esults.

Illini Handed First Defeat ByKentocky By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Writer Baron Adolph Rupp and Charley Tyra, two of the state of Kentucky's leading basKetball figures, produced warnings for all rivals tode” as the college teams prepared for an unprecedented holiday tournament spree. Saturday night Kentucky proved it's ready for the Sugar Bowl competition and Tyra-sparked Louisville showed it’s setfor the Blue Grass Festival —two of approximately 20 tournaments on tap this week. Rupp's Kentucky team, long one of the sport’s top powers, finished 12th in the United Press national ratings last spring. But the Baron's boys served notice it might be different this time by handing third-ranked Illinois its first defeat of the campaign, 91-70. The easy victory enabled the Wildcats to win their Kentucky Invitation Tournament and Rupp's lads looked remarkably like the old-time clubs that made him basketball's “winningest coach." Illinois, ranked third last week, never had a chance after the Wildcats used their fast-break to take a 21point lead in the first eight minutes of the second half. “The boys looked especially good in beating Illinois," Rupp admitted as he looked forward to Kentucky’s game with Virginia Poly Thursday in the first round of the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. The 6-8 Tyra smashed the scoring records for Louisville and the new Kentucky Fairgrounds Coliseum while making 42 of 16 field goals and 16 of 16 free throws for 40 points in an 85-75 victory over Notre Dame. Tyra, who led the nation in rebounds last season, also found time to grab 18 off the boards against the Irish. Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain scored 32 points while leading Kansas, the nation’s No. 1 team, to an 83-62 .triumph over Wisconsin. Kansas now has a 6-0 record. It generally was a tough weekend for Big Ten teams. Ohio State, which had shared with Illinois the distinction of being the conference’s only unbeaten teams, dropped a 75-71 decision to Tulane. Cal Grosscup, a former Purdue player, made 29 points for Tulane. .......... ...... J. — lowa salvaged some Big Ten prestige by upsetting' Kan se s State, ranked eighth last week, 85-83. North Carolina, right behind Kansas. in the rankings, boosted its record to 8-0 with an 83-70 victory over Holy Cross. Lenny Rosenbluth scored 23 points for the Southern school in the Boston contest. Pro Basketbail Saturday’s Results Boston 95, St. Louis 93. Rochester 115, Minneapolis 101. Sunday’s Results Fort Wayne 95, Boston 87. - . Philadelphia 95. New York 90. —- Syracuse 107, Minneapolis 97. College Basketball Purdue 83, Butler 79. Louisville 85, Notre Dame 75. \ Minnesota 84, Loyola (Chicago) 61. Michigan 90, Pittsburgh 75. Michigan State 92. Marquette 65. Kansas 83, Wisconsin 62. Tulane 75, Ohio State 71. lowa 85, Kansas State 83. West Virginia 107, North Carolina State 79. Vanderbilt 78, Nebraska 54. Manhattan 100, Connecticut 86. Tennessee 51, Stanford 47. Miami (Fla.) 67, Houston 63. Idaho State 68, Tulsa 56. Oklahoma A&M 75, Detroit 66. St. Louis 101, Baylor 78. Texas Christian 92, Howard Payne 75. Brigham Young 78, Bowling Green 69. Cincinnati Tourney Miami (O.) 84, George Washing*ton 70 (consolation). Cincinnati 73, Fordham 67 (championship). Kentucky Tourney Southern Methodist 67, Dayton 59 (consolation). Kentucky 91, Illinois T0~( championship). If you have something to sen of rooms for rent, try • Democt st Want Ad. It brings results. ,

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Parker Refuses To Sign One-Year Pact DETROIT (UP) — Raymond K. • Buddy) Parker, after maintaining a stony silence for three days, finally revealed his reason for not signing a 1957 contract with the Detroit Lions. Although pact reportedly calls for $30,000, it does not contain the multiple - year clause Parker demands. “Most of the coaches in the National Football League have contracts that run more than one year,” Parker said. He added that some coaches who win only three or four games a year operate under the security of two or three year contracts. And the Texan who has guided the Lions to two world champion; ships, three straight divisional' titles, two second places and only one last place, feels his record calls for better treatment than a single year pact. Since Parker left the Chicago Cardinals to coach Detroit, his clubs have won 48. lost 23 and tied two in regular season play. Only Paul Brown of the Cleveland Browns can show a better record among the NFL coaches. Parker said he would continue his duties at the Lions’ office until his present one-year arrangement runs out,’ Dec. 31. But he isn’t making his accustomed rounds of the bowl games to size up prospects for thermal NFL draft. . St Joseph, Montana State Battle To Tie LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UP) —The St. Joseph Pumas of Indiana went home today with the huge, jeweled trophy of the Aluminum Bowl, but only with tem.jorary possession rights. The Pumas will keep the trophy the first six months of the year, then it will go to Montana Statq the last six months. The two teams fought to a scoreless tie in rain and mud Saturday. New Television Show On Horseshoe Pitching A new television sports program, "Championship Horseshoes,” is appearing on WBHQ, channel 5, Chicago, each Wednesday at 11:30 p.m. A 30-minu‘e show, it will run for 13 weeks. The two contestants pitch a 50-shoe “count ail" game, with the winner returning the fallowing week to meet a new chai lenger. Harrison Maitlen, of Berne, a member of the Salem team in the Adams county horseshoe league, will appear on the Jan. 9 show. Governors Wager On Rose Bowl Battle DE MOINES (UP) — The governors of lowa and Oregon have

Colts Score Win In - Final Pro Contest BALTIMORE, Md. (UP) — The National Football League closed action on one of its most successful seasons today and the windup game between the Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Colts served as a perfect example of just how close play was during 1956. The Colts, battling uphill all the way, defeated the Redskins, 19-17, on a 53-yard pass play from Johnny Unitas to Jim Mutscheller Sunday in the final game of the NF*, regular season. The New York Giants and the Chicago Bears meet in the title game in New York’s Yankee Stadium Dec. 30.. A crowd of 32,994 turned out despite rain and fog to bring the Colts' home attendance to 238,471, a new club season record. The league as a whole set an attendance mark for the sixth straight year. The victory gave the Colts a 5-7 season record and fourth place in the Western Division. The Redskins wound up the season with a 6-6 record and third place in the Eastern Division. J The Team Standings: Eastern Division W L T Pct. New York ........ 8 3 1 .727 Chicago Cards ... 7 5 0 .583 Washington ...... 6 6 0 .500 Cleveland ........ 5 7 0 .417 Pittsburgh ..!.... 5 7 0 .417 Philadelphia 2..... 3 ■ 8 1 .273 Western Division W L T Pct. Chicago Bears ... 9 2 1 .818 Detroit ..... 9 3 0 .750 San Francisco ... 5 6 1 .455 Baltimore 5 7 0 .417 Los Angeles 4 8 0 .333 Green Bay 4 8 0 .333 Results Baltimore 19, Washington 17. Only game scheduled. a private bet on the outcome of the Rose Bowl games on New Year's Day between Oregon State and lowa. Gov. Leo Hoegh has wagered an lowa ham on the Hawkeyes, while Gov. Elmo Smith of Oregon has put up a 45-pound Oregon salmon on the Beavers.

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St. Joseph Loses To Monroeville Five St. Rose of Monroeville defeated St. Joseph of Decatur, 60-33, in a CYO* league game Sunday after' ibe Fort Wayne Central CathoHp high school gym. * ' Monroeville led at all periods, 16-8, 26-12, and 40-29. Stephenson scored 25 points and Cagnet 23 for Monroeville. For Decatur, T. Kohne tallied nine points, Heimann and De La Riviera eight each. Meproeville FG FT TP Taylor 5 0 IQ Stephenson 10 5 25 Meyers . 0 0 0 , Cagnet ..11 1 23 B. Girarddt > 10 2 O. Girardot . 0 0 0 Wagner —... 0 0 0 Dager 0 0 0 Marquart .....? 0 0 0 R. Stephenson 0 0 0 Savieo ~.. 0 0 0 ’ TOTALS . 27 6 60 '• St. Joseph FG FT TP T. Kohne 4 19 J. Kohne '. 0 0.0 Reed 0 0 0 Lose 10 2 Heimann 1 -i. 4 0 8 Ellenberger 0 0 0 De La Riviera 4 0 8 Mills o 11 Meyer 2 0 4 Kitson ................ Oil TOTALS 15 3 33 BOWLING SCORES , Merchants Leagues Slick's Tastee J'reeze . 35% 12*4 Citizen’s Telephone Co. .30 18 Begun's 28 20 Krick & TyncTall 27 21 State Gardens .. 26 22 Zintsmasters 25 23 Old Crown ....... 20 28 Painter’s (Willshire) ... 19 29 Blackwells 16 . 32 V' F. W '.. 13% 34% 200 games: Fuelling 206, Githens 210, Judt 212, Lillich 228, Hoffman 201-204, Mies 210. 600 series: Hoffman 201-193-224 (618). Trade ir a Uvod Town — necatu*

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. * DfISKSmWL Team Standings W L Pct, Hartford 9 Q 1.000 Yellow Jackets .... 6 1 .857 ' Commodores 7 2 .778 ) Geneva *... 5 3 .625 • Berne 5 4 .556 ) Pleasant Mills .... 4 5 y 444 f Adams Central .... 4 6 .400 ! Monmouth ... 2 6 .250 I —oOo— I The Decatur Yellow Jacket? are I the only Adams county high school ) basketban team to forgo the holil day vacation <hls week, as the I Jackets ar,e the only quintet in ac- • tion. I I JoOo— t The Jackets Will be defending their title in the four-team I holiday tourney at the Elml hurst gym Thursday and Fri- > day nights. The Jackets copped ! the 1955 meet, defeating EUnI hurst in the opening round, 56l 43, and edging Fort Wayne I Central Catholic in the championship battle, 57-54. 1 —-000 L The Elmhurst tourney will open • at 7 o’clock Thursday evening, with I Central Catholic meeting Foirt Wayne Concordia, followed by the Yellow Jackets and Elmhurst at 8:15 p.m. Thursday’s losers will play in the consolation game at 7 : p.m. Friday, followed by the championship scrap between Thursday’s winners. Season tickets, priced at $1.50 for both sessions, are on sale at Holthouse drug store and at Holt-house-on-the-Highway store on 13th street. Single session tickets, • available only at the gym. will sell : for $1 each. i —-000— Those amazing Hartford Gor"Illas just keep rolling along. The Gorillas made the Redkey Wolves their ninth victim of the season without a loss last

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. Friday. Hartford will entertain the defending county and sectional champion Monmouth Eagles in the Gorillas’ next start Saturday, Jan. 5, at the . Hartford gym. —oOo— All of the county teams, with the exception at the Adams Central Greyhounds, will return to the basketball wars next week. Five games are scheduled Friday, Jan. 4, and two Saturday, Jan. 5. On the 4th, the Decatux Commodores will entertain St. Mary's of Andenjpn. the Yellow Jackets will travel to Fort Wayne to meet' Central Catholic, Geneva will be at Pleasant Mills, Warren at Berne, and Union township of Hqntington county at Monmouth. In addition to the Hart-ford-Monmouth game at Hartford Jan. 5, the Berne Bears will host the Leo Lions. a —oOo— Those Adams Central Greyhounds seem bent on setting up a tough mark at Which to shoot. The Greyhounds have played 10 games to date, and exactly half of them have been forced to overtime play. Three of the tilts have gone into double overtimes, with the Greyhounds winning one of the three. Adams Central has won one and lost one in single session overtime. Jim Steiner, of Adams Central, is the county’s leading scorer with 190 points in 10 games for a 19point average. Ivan Nevil, of Geneva, in fourth place in total scoring, has the top average of 20.5 points per game with 164 points in eight games. The 10 top scorers, with games played, total points, and average per game, follows: GP TP Ave. t> Steiner, Adams Central 10 190 19.0 Schug, Berne .... 9 175 19.4 Corson. Adams Central 10 167 16.7 Nevil, Geneva 8 164 20.5 Stahly, Hartford 9 157 17? R. Meyer, Commodores 9 142 f'v Frey, Pleasant. Mills . 9 141 Craig, Geneva 8 133 Reed, Commodores ... 9 131 u Williamson, Pleas. H. 8 129 lift Let Us Develop and Print Those ’ Holiday Pictures Holthouse Drug Co.